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Garage Door High Lift & Vertical Lift Inquiry

Custom garage door high-lift kits put space between the top of the vertical track and the bottom of the horizontal track.

The following form will walk you through the measurements and other information that is needed in order for us to quote a high lift conversion kit for your garage door. High lift kits increase the vertical rise of the garage door so that the door reaches the horizontal track closer to the ceiling than with a standard lift garage door. This form will follow the first two sections of our High Lift Garage Door Conversion tutorial.

Custom High-Lift Kit Includes:

New torsion spring or springs (longer life options usually available)

High-lift angle and bracket pairs

Pair of custom-length cables

High-lift cable drum pair

Angle extension piece

All of the necessary fasteners

IMPORTANT NOTE: The kits do not include the track extensions nor assembly unless you special-order them as an option on the third page ahead where we ask if you want to reuse your horizontal track. Typically, entire new track is not required, but if you are interested in replacing your entire vertical or horizontal tracks, you can browse the parts on our tracks page. Please specify special requirements in the comment section.

The purpose of high lift garage doors in residential settings is typically to allow a lift to be installed in the garage door that raises one car high enough off of the ground to allow for a second car to be parked under the first. Installation of high lift kits should only be performed by experienced do-it-yourselfers as it is a long process that is very dangerous.

Under most circumstances, you will be quoted prices for your custom high lift kit before submitting this form. If a spring pair cannot be immediately found or if your kit requires special calculations, the price of your kit will not be given as we will contact you shortly regarding the cost of your kit after performing further calculations.

If your ceiling height allows for more than 54 inches of high lift, you will have the option to convert over to commercial hardware for your high lift kit. If your ceiling height is at least twice your door height, you will have the opportunity to receive a quote for a vertical lift conversion kit.

We can also quote roof-line high-lift kits through this form, but if you want your door to open at more than 45 degrees from parallel to the garage floor, please contact us as your kit will need to be calculated manually.

Customers often ask if they can raise their doors even higher than our program allows. This link to our blog article titled, "High Lift - How High Can I Go?" should help answer any questions you may have.

NOTE: The kit does not include tracks nor assembly unless you select them on the third page ahead. Most of our customers cut off the inside portions of their horizontal tracks to use for their vertical track extensions.

Note: If you do not have standard torsion springs, you must enter your door weight!

Find weight from current springs

Please select a cable drum or press CANCEL to enter your door weight!

Unrecognized spring length.

Unrecognized ID (inside diameter).

Unrecognized wire size.

Cable Drum:

No. of Springs:

Spring One:

Spring Length (inches)Inside Diameter (ID)Wire Size

Spring Two:

Spring Length (inches)Inside Diameter (ID)Wire Size

Enter door weight

Invalid door weight.

Door Weight:

lbs

Identifying your door/spring system

Extension Springs

EZ-Set

TorqueMaster

Bracket Type

Bolted flag bracket

Wayne Dalton Twistlock ™ flag bracket

Bolted jamb bracket

Wayne Dalton Twistlock ™ jamb bracket

Track Radius

Track Radius: Measure the radius of the curved portion of the horizontal track. This can be done by placing a level at the junction of the horizontal and vertical track, holding it level, and measuring the distance between the bottom of the the horizontal track and the level as shown. This is normally 12 or 15 inches.

Door Weight

All Doors/Systems: See our How to Weigh a Garage Door tutorial and video (link opens in a new window) for more information on how to properly weigh your door with an analog scale.

Standard torsion springs: You may be able to use your current springs and cable drum for determining the components of your high lift kit. The door weight is the more accurate measurement when done properly. If your cable drum does not match one of the drums in our list, you will have to contact us so we can determine your door weight based on our more complete cable drum charts that include drums that do not have a 4" radius. See our How to Measure Torsion Springs tutorial and video (link opens in a new window) for help measuring your springs.

Door System Details

Please describe your system in 10 to 256 characters.

Please describe your springs and door system as best as possible below: